Attendees (from left) Brie Ament, a teacher at Herricks HS on Long Island; and Grace Mudd and student teacher Jessica Velazquez, both from the HS for Arts and Business in Corona, Queens, show off the program for this year’s conference.

John Giambalvo (right) accepts the Bernard A. Cohen Award for outstanding social studies educator from Levi Anthony, his colleague at the HS for Information Technology in Long Island City, Queens.

Free speech activist and unionist Mary Beth Tinker (center) is surrounded by conference attendees after receiving the Rosa Parks Social Justice Award.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James (third from right) receives the Hubert Humphrey Humanitarian Award. Joining her are (from left) City Council Education Committee Chair Mark Treyger; conference chair Robert Dytell, a professor at Queens College; UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds; George Altomare, the director of UFT Professional Committees; Joe Zingone, the president of the Association of Teachers of Social Studies/UFT; and UFT Treasurer Mel Aaronson.

Ready for a day of learning are (from left) Jonathan Simon of PS 55 in Claremont Village, the Bronx; Hector Pena of Long Island City HS, Queens; Jennifer Shuman of HS of Hospitality Management in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; and Mike Schirtzer of Leon Goldstein HS in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.

Enjoying the event are Matthew Lawlor (left) of Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences, Queens, and John Tyson of MS 127 in Castle Hill, the Bronx.

Arriving for the event are (from left) David Ackie of PS 180 in Co-op City, the Bronx; Debra Edmund of PS 361 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn; and Amanda Glantz of New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn.